Swiftcurrent Creek and it's all because of you

Only time would tell if the man truly stuck, but Mae smiled at his words anyway. It was good to have another wolf around. Tsae was left behind for now, playing in the river and probably looking for other otters. She could take care of herself well enough, though; Mae wasn't worried.

Instead she cast her thoughts toward what needed to be done. Work was something she knew well. Work was easy. Plenty to be done around here, she told him as she led him down familiar paths once laid by @Akavir. They hadn't yet faded in the time Mae had spent away, though she felt signs of the changing seasons beginning to erase them. My father made these paths when I went blind. They're in kinda bad shape now. Gotta fix those up, and mark the borders. Freshen up the caches. Clean out my den - well, it ain't a den yet. Will be soon, though.

Whenever my body gets the memo, I'm plannin' to whelp there, Mae informed Smoke, turning her muzzle slightly toward him as she said it. Old habit; she would have been watching his face very carefully just then, if she could still see.